In episode 18, Yana and Tom continue talking about their lessons from 2019. Today, the focus is on being more introspective, how to make better decisions by looking in the mirror, and the main reasons for parting ways with clients, partners or team members. Yana and Tom also look back and happily smile at their joint 2019 pet project “Hole in the Whole” and reflect on how easy and effortless it has been for them to start this podcast.

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Today’s Episode:

• [01:27] Tom speaks about his favorite book of 2019. The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory by David Chalmers.
• [02:25] Yana says she believes that meditation is a waste of time.
• [02:35] Tom tells us what meditation does for us.
• [03:26] Yana asks, so what does it do?
• [04:05] How do you know it’s working?
• [05:17] Tom asks Yana what her pet project is for 2020, she says Hole in the Whole.
• [06:00] Yana tells us that she feels that this podcast will be around for a long time.
• [07:56] He tells Yana that she is one of the only content writers that deliver content and not just opinion.
• [08:15] She says she had no idea what she was doing last year, but now she understands so much more.
• [09:56] Do you have any big unanswered questions for the year 2019?
• [10:49] Yana speaks about knowing what a person’s why is when she is hiring them.
• [13:24] She likes projects that are successful because otherwise, she feels like she is wasting her time.
• [14:22] Tom tells her he can relate to that, but a lot of times, there are signs on the horizon.
• [15:34] Yana rated her projects this past year by how emotionally attached she was to it.
• [16:40] She says that she made more on the ones she wasn’t emotionally attached to.
• [17:30] To wrap it up, it was a fantastic year, and Yana & Tom look forward to bring you new insights in 2020.

Show links:

• How to get in touch with us, if you’d like to tell your startup story: Yana on Instagram, Tom on LinkedIn 
• The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory by David Chalmers